Are they shy out in the hills? We have feral pigs and I had one come right in when I had my old dog and it was intent on having a go at her, and she wasn't backing down. It only bolted when I ran at it waving my plate that just happened to be in my hand at the time.
Lucky! Out and about they tend to avoid contact. I know these aren't actually pigs but they seem to have similar traits.
Nope, they are known for attacking dogs. I think I mentioned in my other post about javelinas when a neighbor was walking with a couple of people & one dog and the dog was just out of sight by a slight bend in the road and a pack attacked her, costing emergency vet & many stitches. Not nice! I'll remember to carry a plate with me!Are they shy out in the hills? We have feral pigs and I had one come right in when I had my old dog and it was intent on having a go at her, and she wasn't backing down. It only bolted when I ran at it waving my plate that just happened to be in my hand at the time.
That's perfect & I needed the laugh.
Yep! Crazy lady protecting her dog....................with a white plate! The poor pig had never had such disrespect. If properly riled a feral pig will put grown men up trees, but never underestimate the element of surprise!!!I'll remember to carry a plate with me!
I have a feeling that's a big myth like they always get caught in your hair, which is something they never do.
I would ask your local wildlife management if there have been any cases reported in your area recently. Mostly what I looked up online said that they can indeed bite you without you knowing it. If you did see it in the bedroom and it escaped or was acting weird that would be a huge yes on rabies. Vampire bats that feed on blood don't live in Ohio, bats in the U.S. are mostly insect feeders, so biting a human would be totally out of the ordinary. Untreated rabies is 99.9 fatal, and the bite has to break the skin. Or as in the case of a vet who was inspecting a horses mouth - feeling for a cause of head shaking and odd behavior - the horse didn't bite him, but he had previous cuts or broken skin on his hand, so the horses saliva entered his system that way. The horse died, they assumed a brain tumor or something and the vet came down with rabies soon after that and he died. It wasn't until the vet became ill that they realized the horse was infected and it was too late to save the man.
Because I figured this would be a quick pee for her, I didn't bring my flashlight! When I saw her pounce with her front two feet I knew she had something. There was so much snow piled on either side of the sidewalk I couldn't imagine what the heck she would have. Then it dawned on me. It might be a mouse! Sure enough, even in the Twilight I can see that it was a little mouse. I ran down the stairs yelling at her to leave it! I don't know why, I just didn't want her to kill it. So here's the three of us... Kali trying to chase it down, me yelling, "leave it.. leave it," trying not to step on the damn thing as it bounced from snow pile to snow pile, looking for a place to hide (and really no place to go!) and the mouse squealing and trying to run from both of us! It was probably a sight to see. Eventually we lost him. I couldn't see him anywhere and Kali was investigating the whole sidewalk. He must have found a spot to finally run under the snow. Whew! Lucky mouse!
I've probably said it before but I bet she'd do great at barn hunt.
Yes, there is as serious lack of timidity in the deer around here. We were walking down the hill on the trail we made. We stopped for a brief moment. I turned around and looked behind us, and there they were.
Most of the time he doesn't see them. Like today he just blew by this one. But I always know if he does see one bc he will be walking around and all of a sudden he will jump back really fast and keep a distance. It must be some 6th sense or built in instinct that they are dangerous.
